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In Tune with Yourself:
Feldenkrais for Musicians 2010

This definitive biography of Moshe Feldenkrais retraces his remarkable adventures and explorations over several continents, and through some of the pivotal events of the twentieth century. Weaving together Feldenkrais's life and his work, this book is compelling reading for all who would like to learn more about his thought and method, and indispensable for anyone already deeply engaged with his work. Authored by Mark Reese, Feldenkrais's long time student and an accomplished Feldenkrais practitioner, this meticulously researched book took nearly two decades to complete.

Edward Yu, the popular author of The Art of Slowing Down, has a new book about the fitness world. The book is full of fresh perspectives into what it really means to be fit. Yu accomplishes this through critiques of some of the current trends in the fitness world and suggestions for generative approaches to being fit, based on our evolutionary history.

The publication of New York Times best-selling author Norman Doidge’s The Brain's Way of Healing is an exciting moment for those of us who use and enjoy, and teach and study the Feldenkrais Method because it includes two chapters on how the Feldenkrais Method can promote healing through neuroplastic changes. It also includes mention of our very own David Zemach-Bersin, cofounder of Feldenkrais Resources and a frequent teacher at the Feldenkrais Institute of San Diego.

Here is a book which explores the discoveries of somatic learning and the biology behind the somatic methods. Practitioners of the Feldenkrais Method and many other somatic methods will find here a different rationale and scientific grounding for answering how somatic methods work successfully in solving human problems.

"I evolved a very different perspective about life as a result and discovered the necessity of thinking simply... You might describe this as thinking directly in movement."

by Ellen J. LangerThis classic book has been translated into 17 languages and sold around the world. In the book, Langer details many of the creative studies done in her lab at Harvard, showing the positive benefits of a mindful approach and the troubles related to unquestioned categorization. Many of the ideas will be familiar to the student of Eastern religion and certainly of the Feldenkrais Method.® The book is worth reading as these ideas are discussed and expanded from a psychologist’s perspective, tantalizing the reader to go further in applying them positively to his or her own life.

If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now has a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what’s possible, instead of clinging to accepted notions about what’s not, can lead to better health at any age.

"If we put the mind and the body back together so that we are just one person again, then wherever we put the mind, we would also put the body." —Ellen Langer, "Counter Clockwise"

This new book offers ten easy-to-do Awareness Through Movement exercises which can be done either sitting in a chair or lying on the floor. The book includes special chapters on back pain posture sitting and ergonomics. Each exercise is completely illustrated.

"In order for you to take advantage of your body’s extraordinary ability to improve itself through sensory motor learning, you must give your brain an opportunity to detect and reduce the unnecessary, counterproductive muscular effort." —From The Book "Relaxercise"

Mary Debono is a successful Feldenkrais practitioner who works with both humans and animals. She creatively applies the principles of the Feldenkrais Method to her work with dogs creating simple and powerful process that can improve your dogs health and behavior.

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own explains how you can tap into the power of body maps to do almost anything better: play tennis, strum a guitar, ride a horse, dance a waltz, empathize with a friend, raise children, cope with stress. Filled with illustrations, wonderful anecdotes, and entertaining examples from sports, psychology and neuroscience.

Artist and Feldenkrais practitioner Tiffany Sankary spent a decade creating this book, weaving together her drawings with quotes from Moshe Feldenkrais's writings. Tiffany's delightful drawings integrate the text with the images so that Moshe's quotes are illuminated and can be newly appreciated. This inspiring book is made up almost entirely of interwoven text and images.